Law Library: News & Events: Law Library of Congress Highlights from February 2023

The mission of the Law Library of Congress is to provide authoritative legal research, reference and instruction services, and access to an unrivaled collection of U.S., foreign, comparative, and international law. Here are some of the new resources you may have missed recently.

In February, we published 5 Guide to Law Online: Nations of the World:

Guide to Law Online: Mali

Guide to Law Online: Malta

Guide to Law Online: Marshall Islands

Guide to Law Online: Mauritania

Guide to Law Online: Mauritius

In February, we published 17 posts to our blog, In Custodia Legis. Here are some highlights:

Celebrating Over 10,000 Foreign Legal Gazette Issues Now Online

Just Brew It: A Brief Legislative History about Homebrewing in the United States – Part 1

Just Brew It: A Brief Legislative History about Homebrewing in the United States – Part 2

Honoring the Life of Margaret Wood

Join Us on 2/23 for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar: The Dilemma of Trafficking in Persons for the Purpose of Forced Labor and Sexual Exploitation in Gulf Cooperation Council for Arab States

Escaping Slavery: The Consequences of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

Century of Lawmaking–New Look, New Location

“Law or No Law”: Abolitionist Resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

Time to Retire the Congressional Record App

New Report from the Law Library of Congress On The Regulation of Hemp Around the World

Peanuts, Potatoes, Patents, and Plants – The Life and Times of George Washington Carver

New Options for Member Alerts: Congress.gov February 2023 New, Tip, and Top

Remembering Nicolas Boring

Volunteer Vignette: Transcribing Spanish History

Upcoming US Law Webinars – March 2023

New Law Library Report Addresses Repatriation of Immigration Detainees’ Remains

New Law Library Report on Asylum Application Processes Published

The Global Legal Monitor is our online publication covering legal news and developments worldwide. These are the articles from February:

China: New Law Takes Effect to Combat Telecom and Online Fraud

Brazil: New Law Regulates Cryptocurrency

Saudi Arabia: Ministry Updates Online Foreign-Worker Hiring Platform, Amends Regulation on Workers' Transfer

Lithuania: New Law Bans Promotion of Totalitarian and Authoritarian Regimes in Public Facilities

Sweden: Government Sends Proposal on New Nuclear Power Plant Rules for Stakeholder Review

England and Wales: Government Publishes Statutory Guidance to Support 'Serious Violence Duty'

United States: Appeals Court Affirms District Court Ruling That Warrantless Searches of Defendant's Electronic Devices Fell within Border Search Exception to Fourth Amendment

Germany: Digital Legal Gazettes Replace Paper Versions as Authentic Versions

Jamaica: Supreme Court Invalidates Detention under State of Emergency Regulations and Awards Compensation to Detainee

Azerbaijan: New Law on Public-Private Partnerships Published

Italy: Amendments on Nullity and Forfeiture Proceedings for Trademarks Adopted

Malaysia: Federal Court Holds That Illegitimate Child Can Inherit from Father Who Died Intestate

Great Britain: Government Proposes Law to Mitigate Impact of Strikes

Egypt: Amendments to Family Law Establishing New Marriage Requirements and Family Support Fund Proposed

United Kingdom: Government Blocks Scottish Gender Bill

Netherlands: Constitution Amended to Explicitly Prohibit Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation or Disability

Israel: Attorney General Asserts Government's Judicial 'Reform' Gives Government Absolute Power by Removing Checks and Balances

Germany: Competition Authority Publishes Preliminary Finding That Google's Data Processing Terms Violate Competition Law

Belarus: New Laws for Stripping Nationals of Citizenship and Property Adopted

Pakistan: Amendment to Blasphemy Law Passes in Lower House of Parliament

Ukraine: New Law Determines Rights and Obligations of National Minority Communities

Germany: Parliament Discusses Decriminalization of Fare Evasion and Dumpster Diving

Sri Lanka: Parliament Passes Regulation of Election Expenditure Bill

Canada; Haiti: Canada Sanctions Haitian Elites for Ties to Organized Crime

Turkey: State of Emergency Declared in Provinces Struck by Earthquake

Japan: Operator of Online Map of Bankrupt Persons Accused of Violating Personal Information Protection Law

Kenya: Supreme Court Rules Couples Not Entitled to Automatic 50 Percent of Matrimonial Property upon Divorce

Liechtenstein: Voters Reject Proposed Casino Ban

Egypt: Constitutional Court Rejects Petition to Repeal Law Limiting Right to Challenge Validity of Public Contracts

United Kingdom: Government Publishes Regulation of Cryptoassets Consultation

Italy: Constitutional Court Declares Certain Procedures Relating to Rights of the Accused Unconstitutional

United Kingdom: Bill to Regulate Stablecoins Progresses through Parliament

United States: Ghanaian Divorce, Issued While Neither Spouse Was Domiciled in Ghana, Entitled to Recognition under Virginia Law

Here are the webinars and events coming up in March:

3/14 at 1:00 pm: Orientation to Law Library Collections

3/16 at 1:00 pm: Orientation to Legal Research - Legislative History

3/23 at 12:00 pm: a Lunch and Learn Webinar - Recent Developments in U.S. Foreign Relations Law and Research Strategies

3/23 at 6:30 pm: Joining Together in Tocqueville's America (Live at the Library) 

3/30 at 2:00 pm: a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar - Italian Legislative Framework for the Return of Unlawfully Obtained Artwork